re: BBC Poll - The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time

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64. Step Brothers (Adam McKay, 2008)

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wtf

How is this thirty places in front of Ghostbusters?

I liked Men in Tights, but it's nowhere near as funny as Young Frankenstein:

"You know, I’ll never forget my old dad. When these things would happen to him… the things he’d say to me."
"What did he say?"
“What the hell are you doing in the bathroom day and night?! Why don’t you get out of there and give someone else a chance?!”

Where's The Naked Gun?

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I liked Men in Tights, but it's nowhere near as funny as Young Frankenstein:

"You know, I’ll never forget my old dad. When these things would happen to him… the things he’d say to me."
"What did he say?"
“What the hell are you doing in the bathroom day and night?! Why don’t you get out of there and give someone else a chance?!”

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I just disagree I guess. I found men in tights to be infinitely more quotable and one of the better Robin Hood retellings of all time, even if utterly ridiculous in its telling.

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I liked Men in Tights, but it's nowhere near as funny as Young Frankenstein:

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I'd put young Frankenstein at #1 overall.

10. The General (Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton, 1926) (I've actually seen it twice...Keaton is amazing...physical humor at its best, the movie is very funny and better than Chaplin.)

9. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984) Still great, still relevant, but I don't see how it can be #9 and Best in Show is like #98...they are the same movies.

8. Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967) No idea

7. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, 1980) (this is the gold standard for pure comedy...it's the movie that got me into movies and every kid talked about for years on the playground.)

6. Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979) (We must follow the shoe, the shoe is the sign!)

5. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933) (never saw it)

4. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) (Eternal Saturday afternoon, must watch)

3. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977) (Piece of NY baby boomer garbage)

2. Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) (Seriously the best black comedy social commentary.)

1. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959) (Just watched it a week ago...A good movie but it's simply old nostalgia love)

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99. The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979)

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How The Jerk isn't way further up the list is beyond me. One of the greatest.

Raising Arizona deserves a spot in the top 10

Those two movies are great, especially mean girls. To me, step brothers is the best will Ferrell comedy.

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I just disagree I guess. I found men in tights to be infinitely more quotable and one of the better Robin Hood retellings of all time, even if utterly ridiculous in its telling.

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"What Knockers"
"Vhy Thank you, Doctor"

"Frau Blucher!"
Neeeeiiiigggghhhhh

"Igor, will you help with the bags?"
"Certainly! You take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban."

Abby Normal

Sedagive?!

What hump?

He's going to be very popular.

I definitely quote Young Frankenstein more than Robin Hood: Men in Tights.